Third Circuit Says U.S. District Court in 2016 Should Not Have…

Third Circuit Says U.S. District Court in 2016 Should Not Have Imposed County Distribution Requirements without Finding That They Would be Harmless On December 13, the Third Circuit issued an 18-page opinion in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, 16-3266. The decision says that last year's decision by the U.S. District Court, rewriting the Pennsylvania ballot access laws for minor party and independent candidates, was faulty.

Democrats just won Alabama – and their clearest path yet to taking back the Senate

Supporters celebrate after media began to call the election for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones, at his election night party in Birmingham, Alabama, Dec. 12, 2017. Democrats didn't just win Alabama on Tuesday night.

Republicans accuse Justice Department of bias after release of FBI officials’ text messages

FBI officials' text messages were released Tuesday describing the possibility of a presidential victory by Donald Trump as "terrifying" and saying that Hillary Clinton "just has to win." Accusations of bias, primed by the newly released texts from FBI officials, took centre stage Wednesday when Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller as special counsel, began testifying before the House Judiciary Committee.

Serval cat spotted on the savanna in Kenya’s Masai Mara

'It's NOT over': Accused pedophile Roy Moore REFUSES to concede Alabama Senate race to Doug Jones and calls for a RECOUNT despite Trump congratulating victorious Democrat Keaton Jones' estranged father is a white supremacist and a felon with 'Pure Breed' and 'White Pride' tattoos who posted 'Aryan race' memes on Facebook before going to prison Bruce Brown, the pioneering filmmaker whose stunning 1960s' classic 'Endless Summer' transformed surfing from a quirky hobby to a cultural phenomenon, dies aged 80 The big chill is here: Snowfall and freezing single-digit temperatures set to hit the Midwest and Northeast and continue into the weekend Teenage Dutch model found dead at apartment complex had been partying with 'wealthy American swingers' and had 'finger marks on her neck' when she was found naked after 'plunging 14 floors' - as her family insist foul play From cold pizza under the ... (more)

The aftermath of Alabama

Quin Hillyer, a conservative columnist who once had a stint at the D-G, offers a tough post mortem in the New York Times: Donald Trump and Steve Bannon are politically impotent. The president and his former grand strategist threw considerable weight behind Roy Moore, the polarizing Republican Senate candidate in Alabama.

Gillibrand got a fight she wants after Trump’s fiery tweet

In this July 25, 2016, file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY., speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Gillibrand got a fight she wants after President Donald Trump attacked her in a provocative tweet that claimed she'd begged him for campaign contributions and would "do anything" for them.

Democrat Jones defeats Moore in stunning upset

In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is anything but sure in the age of Trump.

‘An uphill fight’: What’s next for Senator-elect Doug Jones?

Democrat Doug Jones celebrates his Election Night victory on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at the Sheraton Hotel in Birmingham. (Joe Songer When Doug Jones is sworn in as Alabama's newest senator, he will arrive to Washington, D.C. as a "darling" of national Democrats.

Franken, soon-to-be-gone, but back at Senate job

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., who said last week he'll step down in the coming weeks due to mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., who said last week he'll step down in the coming weeks due to mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017.

Analysis: Trump bets on Moore and suffers stinging defeat

Democrat Doug Jones won a narrow but stunning victory in Alabama's Senate race, defeating Republican Roy Moore in the heavily Republican state. Alabama Senator-elect Doug Jones' supporters described joy, pride and inspiration in what they called 'a new dawn' for the state, following Jones' special election win over embattled Republican Roy Moore.

US Sen. Elizabeth Warren gets 2nd turn as comic book hero

In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., waits to speak during a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warren was the focus last year of a 22-page comic titled "Female Force: Elizabeth Warren" and now the publisher TidalWave Comics is bringing out a sequel, "Female Force: Elizabeth Warren #2."